Smt. Viplove Thakur | |
Birth Date: | 4 October 1943 |
Birth Place: | Dharamshala, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh |
Office: | Member of Parliament Rajya sabha |
Constituency: | Himachal Pradesh |
Term Start1: | 2006 |
Term End1: | 2012 |
Constituency1: | Himachal Pradesh |
Term Start: | 10 April 2014 |
Term End: | 9 April 2020 |
Successor: | Indu Goswami |
Party: | Indian National Congress |
Profession: | Social Worker |
Spouse: | Late Shri Thakur Harnam Singh |
Children: | 2 |
Office2: | Member of Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha |
Term Start2: | 1985 |
Term End2: | 1990 |
Term Start3: | 1993 |
Term End3: | 2003 |
Office4: | Minister of State (Independent charge), Indian System of Medicines, Government of HP |
Term Start4: | 1995 |
Term End4: | 1998 |
Viplove Thakur (born 4 October 1943) is an Indian politician. A senior leader of the Indian National Congress party, she has been a member of the Parliament of India. Thakur has represented Himachal Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament since April, 2006. She retired from the Upper House in April, 2020.[1]
She comes from a freedom fighter family of Himachal Pradesh. Her father late Sh. Paras Ram was a freedom fighter from Himachal Pradesh and a leader of the Communist Party of India. Her mother late Smt. Sarla Sharma was also a prominent leader of the Indian National Congress.